[CS-FSLUG] help with Libranet boot problem

[Josiah Ritchie]

chech your grub.conf file. In there you can set it up so that it boots
as root=/dev/hda1 or root=/dev/hdb1 or whatever. This just follows your
kernel parameters (cause it is one). You can even set it up so that you
can boot from either drive.

JSR/

On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 09:20, R. Thompson wrote:
> Thanks Jukka!,
> 
> 	I'm heading back to work and I'll take a look at the /etc/fstab file. 
> I know that the system does have grub, which I haven't had any
> experience with.  There is something else called xvmount, and I've set
> it to mount everything without permissions, but it didn't seem to help.
> 
> 	Ron T.
> 
> On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 01:14, Jukka Y wrote:
> > (again, I feel myself not an expert with this but I try to help :-).
> > 
> > I think that in order to add another drive (or partition) into your system, 
> > you have to make a mountpoint for it somewhere into your current 
> > directory-tree, add a corresponding information to your /etc/fstab-file and 
> > "mount" that new "mountpoint" (this can happen automatically during the boot 
> > if you have right options in /etc/fstab). If you want a "dualboot"-system 
> > (two separate Libranet-installations in same computer) you should "inform" 
> > boot manager about the alternative booting-targets.
> > 
> > 1: What does /etc/fstab look like in installation you are able to boot in?
> > 2. Which boot-manager does it use - lilo or grub?
> > 
> > Blessings,
> > Jukka
> > 
> > 
> > On Friday 14 May 2004 08:37, R. Thompson wrote:
> > > I've been relatively inactive, working too much again :-)  I got off
> > > work at 11 pm tonight.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with a problem with
> > > my Linux (Libranet 2.8.1) computer at work, no doubt this is a self
> > > inflicted problem.
> > >
> > > As the memory on the small HD was getting low, I installed a second
> > > small HD.  I couldn't see or access it from Libranet.  So I did a second
> > > Libranet install, formatting, partitioning, and using hdb1.  The
> > > installation went well,it seemed.  But now when I start up it appears to
> > > boot only from hdb1, and I cannot see, or mount hda1.  Nor can I access
> > > the user profiles or files.
> > >
> > > I had hoped that by doing a second installation of Libranet on hdb I'd
> > > be able to boot from either hard drive.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions as to how I can access hda or at least recover the
> > > files?  I did not change partitions or reformat hda (to the best of my
> > > knowledge, and if I had of I would think that it would show up as free
> > > space).
> > >
> > > 	Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > 		Ron T.
> > 
> > 
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